“Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” (John 11:40.) MARY and Martha could not understand what their Lord was doing. Both of them said to Him, “Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.” Back of itRead More …

“My Father is the husbandman.” (John 15:1.) IT is comforting to think of trouble, in whatever form it may come to us, as a heavenly messenger, bringing us something from God. In its earthly aspect it may seem hurtful, even destructive; but in its spiritual outworking it yields blessing. ManyRead More …

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Prov. 19:18.) WAITING upon God is necessary in order to see Him, to have a vision of Him. The time element in vision is essential. Our hearts are like a sensitive photographer’s plate; and in order to have God revealed there, weRead More …

“It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.” (1 Sam. 3:18.) SEE God in everything, and God will calm and color all that thou dost see!” It may be that the circumstances of our sorrows will not be removed, their condition will remain unchanged; but if Christ,Read More …

“Hide thyself by the brook Cherith.” (1 Kings 17:3.) GOD’S servants must be taught the value of the hidden life. The man who is to take a high place before his fellows must take a low place before his God. We must not be surprised if sometimes our Father says:Read More …

“Blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out.” (Song of Sol. 4:16.) SOME of the spices mentioned in this chapter are quite suggestive. The aloe was a bitter spice, and it tells of the sweetness of bitter things, the bitter-sweet, which has its own fine application that onlyRead More …

“Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mark 8:34.) THE cross which my Lord bids me take up and carry may assume different shapes. I may have to content myself with a lowly and narrow sphere, when I feel thatRead More …

“Come up in the morning…. and present thyself unto me in the top of the mount.” (Exod. 34:2.) HE morning is the time fixed for my meeting the Lord. The very word morning is as a cluster of rich grapes. Let us crush them, and drink the sacred wine. InRead More …

“Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?” (S. of Sol. 8:5.) SOME one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A colored brother asked the Lord for various blessings—as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many already received—as youRead More …

“And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” (Heb. 6:15.) ABRAHAM was long tried, but he was richly rewarded. The Lord tried him by delaying to fulfill His promise. Satan tried him by temptation; men tried him by jealousy, distrust, and opposition; Sarah tried him by herRead More …